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Lateral Thinking Puzzle #5 - Ink Stain [solved]

03-23-2010, 12:21 PM

INTRODUCTION

Lateral Thinking Puzzles, unlike most puzzles, are inexact. In a sense, they are a hybrid between puzzles and storytelling. In each puzzle, some clues to a scenario are given, but the clues do not tell the full story. Your job is to fill in the details and complete the story. There could be more than one solution to any given puzzle, but generally only one explanation is truly satisfying.

RULES

You fill in the details to complete the story by asking "Yes / No" questions about the story. My response to your "Yes and No" questions will be one of the following: yes, no, or irrelevant. Sometimes the response may be "simplify your question", if your question is too complicated to answer with a single yes or no.

You will be tempted to use google. DO NOT. It will be unsatisfying for you and everyone else. Hints may be provided by me, if everyone seems to have hit a roadblock. Good luck and have fun!

Warning: For some reason, these puzzles have a tendency to be rather morbid.

The Puzzle

Her coat was now ruined; an ugly, blue splatter permanently staining most of the back. It was her only coat, and although it was a particularly frigid winter, she never had a greater cause for celebration. A life very well might have been saved.

Hints

Solution
She was a baby seal whose coat had just been sprayed with blue stain by a Greenpeace helicopter. The ugly blue stain would prevent fur merchants from slaughtering her for her beautiful coat.